keratitis

English

Alternative forms

• ceratitis

Etymology

Probably borrowed from French kératite, from Ancient Greek κέρᾰτ- (kérat-), κέρας (kéras, “horn”) + French -ite (“-itis”); see kerato-.

Noun

keratitis (countable and uncountable, plural keratitises or keratitides)

1. (pathology) Inflammation of the cornea.

Synonyms

• corneitis

Hyponyms

• keratoconjunctivitis

Translations

inflammation of the cornea

• Bulgarian: възпаление на роговицата (vǎzpalenie na rogovicata)
• Catalan: queratitis f
• Chinese:

  Mandarin: 角膜炎 (zh) (jiǎomóyán)

• Czech: keratitida f
• Finnish: sarveiskalvotulehdus, keratiitti
• French: kératite (fr) f
• German: Keratitis f
• Japanese: 角膜炎 (かくまくえん, kakumakuen)
• Korean: 각막염 (ko) (gangmagyeom)
• Malay: radang kornea, keratitis
• Russian: керати́т (ru) m (keratít)
• Spanish: queratitis (es) f